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Originally Posted by daca
the eu has close to the same trade deals as an independent uk would have, so in reality it probably doesnt change much (other than making trade in europe easier) but it does show how hopeless this all is.
the non-tariff barriers are still more important than just the tariffs. i feel like we've been here before.
The remain campaign didn't seem to be worried about those at the time, I guess they have only become end-of-the-world important as the economic and tariff arguments have started to fall away.
Non tariff barriers don't have to be a problem. We trade OK with the US.
If the EU makes them a problem for outsiders, then they are the insular protectionist clique that we don't want to be in. And we will have ROW opportunities by getting out and dropping those.
So if non-tariff barriers are a problem for international trade then we should leave, if they are not a problem then it is nothing to worry about.
Re. 'being at the table', general consensus is that is is better to be at the table where regulations are made, i.e. WTO etc, rather than not there but be a minority at a sub table that just generates the bureaucracy and protectionism around those regulations.